| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 24, 1965 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62864 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 57 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Tucker Frederickson 1 run (Bob Timberlake kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Roberts 21 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Walt Roberts 4 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 39 pass from Jim Brown (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 5 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ernie Green 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 38 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Chuck Mercein 2 run (Bob Timberlake kick) | 38 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 74 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 40 | RCB | Erich Barnes |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 55 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 63 | ROG | Bookie Bolin |
| 71 | ROT | Frank Lasky |
| 89 | TE | Bobby Crespino |
| 11 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 27 | HB | Steve Thurlow |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 24 | FB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 78 | LDT | Roger LaLonde |
| 74 | RDT | Mike Bundra |
| 72 | RDE | Andy Stynchula |
| 60 | LLB | Jim Carroll |
| 87 | MLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 54 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 43 | LCB | Carl Lockhart |
| 28 | LS | Henry Carr |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 24 | 177 | 7.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Charley Scales | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Steve Thurlow | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Smith Reed | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 177 | 11.8 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 146.4 |
| Jim Ninowski | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 81 | 10.1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 85.9 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 145 | 6.9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.5 |
| Gary Wood | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.4 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ernie Green | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 63 | 1 |
| Walt Roberts | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 2 |
| Jim Brown | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 38 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Henry Carr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 51 | 0 | |
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